@article{ref1,
title="Predictive validity of operationalized criteria for the assessment of criminal responsibility of sexual offenders with paraphilic disorders-a randomized control  trial with mental health and legal professionals",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2020",
author="Briken, Peer and Müller, Jürgen Leo and Daubmann, Anne and Dobbrunz, Sascha",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e613081-e613081",
abstract="The prevention of sexual violence is a major goal of sexual health. In cases of accused sexual offenders, the assessment of diminished criminal responsibility of  the accused is one of the most important procedures undertaken by experts in the  German legal system. This assessment follows a two-stage method assessing first the  severity of a paraphilic disorder and then second criteria for or against diminished  capacity. The present study examines the predictive validity of two different sets  of criteria for the assessment of criminal responsibility in the context of  paraphilic disorders combined with sexual offending. Two exemplary case vignettes of  two suspected sexual offenders were developed to assess the criteria. For each  participant, one of the two exemplary case vignettes was randomly presented. The  presentation of the two different sets of criteria was also randomized, so that each  participant was assigned only one of the two criteria sets to rate one of the  presented cases. N = 349 participants from different professional backgrounds  (mental health and legal professionals) completed their assessments and were  included in the data analysis. The data were evaluated using logistic regression. <br><br>RESULTS show that the more recently published criteria set (Briken and Müller, 2014)  predicts both the severity of the disorder as well as the diminished capacity twice  as good as the older criteria set of Boetticher et al. (2005) currently used  regularly for forensic court reports. In preliminary conclusion, the new criteria of  Briken and Müller (2014) form an empirically based assessment of criminal  responsibility. However, the proposed criteria cannot replace an extensive  exploration of the accused person and a careful file analysis. Validity and  reliability of the results are also limited due to the methodical choice of a  vignette study.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613081",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613081"
}